The dream deal fell through. There will be no collaboration between Red Bull and Porsche in F1.
This was confirmed by the German manufacturer.
The agreement was finalized, but never signed. Red Bull wants to be an independent team and does not have a partner with whom to discuss issues. Therefore, there will be no cooperation with Porsche in Formula 1.
So what is Red Bull doing now?
– We’re talking to Honda, motorsport consultant Helmut Marko confirms for Ö3.
– At the moment, we do not need a partner, but if there are positive effects of synergy and other advantages, we are open.
McLaren and Porsche in F1?
Honda left the collaboration with Red Bull last season, at least officially. Honda still supplies Red Bull with the engines, but under the Red Bull Power Train name. From 2026 there will be a new engine regulation and until then maybe Red Bull needs a partner?
– Strangely enough, we have also received other requests since it became official that there will be no cooperation with Porsche, says Marko.
It went quickly. Borsch confirmed that the negotiations collapsed yesterday.
However, there are other teams interested in Porsche. McLaren, for example.
Basically, we’re always open to this kind of conversation, team manager Andreas Seidl tells Sky.
– But at the same time we are satisfied with our cooperation with Mercedes.
Audi has already confirmed that it will come to F1 in 2026, and maybe even sooner.
Short news before F1 at Monza
At Spa in Belgium, there were a number of network penalties. It looks really bad before the 2022 Italian Grand Prix.
Yuki Tsunoda is pushed back ten positions because he has five cautions and then takes a drive-in penalty and three more poles because he ignored yellow flags during training yesterday. Lewis Hamilton takes a penalty, as well as Carlos Sainz and Mick Schumacher. Max Verstappen dropped by five places as Sergio Perez and Valtteri Bottas in minus 15 By the way, Verstappen did not take a place on the podium at Monza.
It’s qualifier time this afternoon and at 15.45 the F1 livestream begins on the Sportbladet target service, there are also results from practice, the WC standings and a little more. If you want tire options and F1 weather forecast for Monza, you can find them here.